The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-24
IT SLv0ReD Of SLAVERY.
] Adge Galloway Relieves White
Guardians Of Colored Ward.
rbe Case Made Basis for an Inter.
esting but Remotely Parallel
Comparison By Lawyers.

90 and Wellington stree's, WAS taken
,sfcre Probate Court Judge Galloway,
morning, on writ Of
,abeas corpus. This is the CAGE the
circumstances Of which were pub
ished in full In the APPEAL Of last
Saturday morning, Mr.. McAlister was
.leo In court, and through his attor.
,ey, Mr.. F. T. Edmondson, conssnte'
% have her adopted by some respr n.
.ible colored family Of worth and ds.
,res Of Il iancal standing. iii 4 frat
IDEA wss to have the child + ,ound to
him until she became Of az %, but his
counsel opposed this settle mont of the
mater. "The white people Of
the city," said the att srpey, "vould
frown upon such n conrse. and
the colorsd popnls don grow furious
and dangerous. DO .ch state OF affairs
would tend TO break him up In bust.
ness, and damsg q his social standing
In the commu nity." After delibsra.
ton Mr.. McAJ lister coricurred In the
opinion OF hi's attorney, aud gave his
consent to bAe adoption idea.
T. A. Nelson, q respectable, worthy,
and well 10 do colored man, who had
taken no part In the demonstrations
and cla.nor against Mr.. McAlister, de.
sired 10 take the little girl into his
family in the same relations 40 q
natural member Of the family. He had
no children or heir; n Il was a bright,
will raised child, ana he was prepared
10 give security Tor faithful discharge
of the new responsibility. The only
condition imposed by the defense, II
such II can be termed, was that the
ne Y guardian should allow the girl 10
visit the family Of Mr.. NEAL ster as
often as desired, A warm friendship,
bordering on affection, exists between
the children, who are near the same
age and have been raised together To
this proposition, which Mr.. Edmond
son asked the Court 10 embody In his
order, Mr.. Nelson sgreed, and Judge
Galloway thereu Jon gave her over 10
him for future guardianship. The
scene following the decision OF the
Court was touching one, and calcu-
lated TO throw food Of doubt over
the complaint Of the negroes that the
girl had been outrsgeously abused by
her late guardians. She burst into q
food Of tears, and implored them not
TO separate her from this white family
with whom she had found nice
comfortable hsme iar over s;x year.
past. She left the courtroom between
her late and new guardian, while
traces OF weeping were plainly visibl,
on-hor cbeeks.
From all that can be- learned ant
judged from appearan cee, the chief I
not only objection TO the girls Iurthel
making her home with Mr.. and Mrs
McAllister was b.s.d upon the ideI
that IL was q species OF slavery. II
some.of It's aspects there was sort O
bemblanoe 10 tina class OF tervi uds Il
which both negroes and whites ar,
unalterably opposed. Ia this view O
the case IL Ia a rather notable one An,
excited q good deal Of interest anon
lawyers and other. Some OF the lega
profession used II a. n text for discuss
Ing n similar Gaze which ectnly oc
CURED, surprising from the fact i6a
IL In nearly a quarter OF cenlul
since the slaves throughout the coun
try we're freed. Few knew anythin,
about the other csss involving Il
dams, which In substance Ia a. filows
IL recently came mp before United
States District JUICE Dawson, o
A Rska, on wit OF habeas cor
pus. The petitioner alleged tina
no was ublswluily ies riine,
Of his liberty by Responded nj
who claimed TO own him ~ a Blay,
and chstlol, and prayed 20 be releaee,
from the res RANT imposed upon him
Ho urged ths', ~ = slave, he an,
others had been SUI fec ID TO extreme
ly cruel treatment and torture, anC
completely at the dispoeal OF thei
MASTER or mistress. II hsd been Gus
t0mary 10 kill one or more slaves OF
the death OF q matter, or on the ap
pebing of como other event, such a
lhe completion OF q new hOusB. Dor
ing this care, or putting out IN eye o
q slave, nr some other mod OF mark
ing the d sh has been and 10 now
custom. The evidences showed tina
the OH ct Of tuch mu'ilaiinn is Il
impress upon the slaves their inierioI
ity aud render their humiliation IN
pltte. Ttey even went 81 far tina
when spirit IL insubordinati0n he
came mAnileft on the part OF tn
slaves, n jngger was called upon, who
by exorcisms and magical incantstion
4 IL a.. a L..
spirits, and this slaves were compelle,
10 submit.
In bis decision Judge Dawson aske
some very pertinent questions con
csrnipg the relations Of tho institu
lion OF slavery 10 q ciyilizsd govern
men,, and dehoed the thiIteenll
amend nent. Continuing, he said
"Iy is, Indeed, Beldom that o
much meaning 10 contained with
In the compass OF 30 short
sentencei and, for the purpose Q
making the amendment tfiectua
the Law known as the "oiyil right
bill" was enacted In April, 1865. Il
II the last relic Of slavery or free
servitude In any conceivable form
except Tor the punishment of crime
10 'emasculaied. section 1900 aboish
peonsge In New Mexico aud In ever
Stats and Territory where IL had
ioothold. On March 3, 1871, Oongree
passed a law absolutely forbidden
any future treaties with Indian tribe
or the recognition OF tribal ind,
peudence, and by an act sppr1ye
March 3, 1885, Congress made ali II